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Also known as Gaspard, Comte de Péluse Monge, Gaspard, comte de Peluse Monge, Gaspard Monge Péluse, Gaspard Monge Peluse

French mathematician, inventor of descriptive geometry and father of differential geometry (1746-1818)

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Gaspard Monge was a person who lived from 1746 to 1818. He was born on May 9 or 10, 1746, and died on July 28, 1818. As an author, he is associated with a collection of works that includes titles such as *Géométrie descriptive*, *Application de l'analyse à la géometrie*, and *Description de l'art de fabriquer les canons*.

His written output includes the *Décret de la Convention nationale du 15 mars 1793, l'an second de la République franćoise*. Records indicate he has 61 works listed, with a separate count of 5 works noted in another source. His name appears in 368 other encyclopedia articles, and he is categorized under the Commons category "Gaspard Monge".

Synthesized by Vinony from 12 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1746
Died
1818
Works
61

Top works

  • Géométrie descriptive
  • Décret de la Convention nationale du 15 mars 1793, l'an second de la République franćoise [sic]
  • Application de l'analyse à la géometrie
  • Géometrie descriptive
  • Description de l'art de fabriquer les canons

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Type
Person
Active from
1985-03-25

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Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Beaune
Place of death
Paris
Occupation
teacher
Languages spoken
French
Notable work
Monge's theorem
Participant in
French Revolution
Noble title
count
Doctoral student
Jean-Baptiste Biot
Image
Musée Rude 003.JPG
Work location
Paris
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date of birth
1746-05-10
date of death
1818-07-28
writing language
French
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Encyclopedic overview

Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse ( French: [ɡaspaʁ mɔ̃ʒ kɔ̃t də pelyz]; 9 May 1746 – 28 July 1818) was a French mathematician, commonly presented as the inventor of descriptive geometry, (the mathematical basis of) technical drawing, and the father of differential geometry.

He contributed alongside chemist Berthollet, chemist and physician Chaptal, and polymath Laplace to the establishment of Arts et Métiers ParisTech.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gaspard Monge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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